Reviews tagging 'Violence'

My przeciwko wam by Fredrik Backman

208 reviews

gigi2022_2024ja's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Car accident

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault

carlytenille's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

jls6283's review against another edition

4.5

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Be prepared for all of the emotions…😭😭

“People will always choose a simple lie over a complicated truth”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, Outing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

lisathib's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Backman knows exactly how to get to the deepest cuts of life, and he does it so subtly that you bleed but you don’t die. This second book in the Beartown trilogy is even more devastating than the first book, and that one broke my heart. This Hockey town in Sweden has so many similarities with a small football town in the South that it was almost eerie. Maybe it just proves that it’s the same everywhere, and as he says, people are both good and bad at the same time. I rarely read a sequel right away the first book but I couldn’t stop thinking about this town and these people. However it’s been so emotionally raw reading these two books that I need a break before completing the trilogy. Expect to be changed with any book by Fredrik Backman, but expect the deepest cuts of all in Beartown. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Alcohol

jules6469's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Car accident, Outing

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide attempt

snowydaze's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I think I liked this one more than beartown. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Child abuse

thleen99's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Listened to this for the second time and loved it even more intensely - and laughed louder and cried harder - than the first time, which I hadn't thought possible. I both wish I could live in this fictional place and am so thankful I didn't grow up there. I want to kiss some of these characters, punch some in the eye, and hug some so tightly without ever letting go. Backman and his translation team are genius.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Classism

Once you list the many trigger warnings it seems like it will be impossible to enjoy this book. But you will.

niccasbooks's review against another edition

3.75

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a tough read for me. There are a lot of characters- it's like reading a soap opera season. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, Sexual harassment

ashraya's review against another edition

4.5

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I read the prequel and the sequel before getting to this one, and stand amazed. This wasn’t an easy book at all, but it was rather profound. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment